Faith Quotes and a Verse...

Faith Quotes and a Verse

'"Have faith in God,' Jesus answered. 'I tell you the truth,
if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,'
and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says
will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you,
whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have
received it, and it will be yours.'"
- Mark 11:22-24
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"In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe
and enough shadows to blind those who don't."
- Blaise Pascal
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"Faith is to believe what you do not see;
the reward for this faith is to see what you believe."
- St. Augustine
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"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary.
To one without faith, no explanation is possible."
- St. Thomas Aquinas
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"Without risk, faith is an impossibility."
- Soren Kierkegaard
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"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the
whole staircase, just take the first step."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future.
It's simply taking God at His word and taking the next step."
- Joni E. Tada
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"Fear can't hold a candle to unswerving faith, much less muster up
the guts to even attempt to blow it out."
- B. G. Jett
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"He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope,
confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well -
even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly."
- B. C. Forbes
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"Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death."
- Author Unknown
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"When you come to the end of all the light you know,
and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is
knowing that one of two things will happen: Either you will be
given something solid to step on or you will be taught to fly."
- Edward Teller

Gratitude Quotes, Part II... and Happy Anniversary!...

Gratitude Quotes and a Verse

"You changed my mourning into dancing;
You took off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
That my soul might sing praise to you without ceasing;
O Lord, my God, forever will I give You thanks."
- Psalm 30:12-13

"Reflect upon your present blessings,
of which every man has plenty; not on your past
misfortunes of which all men have some."
- Charles Dickens

"The best way to pay for a lovely
moment is to enjoy it."
- Richard Bach

"Life is a paradise for those who love
many things with a passion."
- Leo Buscaglia

"Don't pray when it rains if you
don't pray when the sun shines."
- Leroy Satchel Paige

"Let us be grateful to people
who make us happy - they are the charming
gardeners who make our souls blossom."
- Marcel Proust

"[The most fortunate are those who] have a
wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again,
freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe,
pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy."
- Abraham Maslow

"There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."
- Albert Einstein

"I would maintain that thanks are the
highest form of thought, and that gratitude
is happiness doubled by wonder."
- Gilbert K. Chesterton

"I thank God for my handicaps for, through them,
I have found myself, my work, and my God."
- Helen Keller

Wishing my Mom and Dad a Happy 50th Anniversary!!!

I am so, so very thankful that you are my parents!!!!
Love you Daddeeooo and little mommy!!! Love, Val xox

Thanksgiving and Gratitude Quotes

Thanksgiving and Gratitude Quotes

"The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.
No Americans have been more impoverished than these who,
nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving."
- H.U. Westermayer

"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them,
is the true measure of our thanksgiving."
- W. T. Purkiser

"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as
a result of getting something we don't have, but rather
of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."
- Frederick Koenig

"On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit
down to dinner at the same moment - halftime."
- Author Unknown

"What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set
aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets.
I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?"
- Erma Bombeck

"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
- Mother Teresa

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the
highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
- John F. Kennedy

"Thanksgiving is America's national chow-down feast, the one occasion
each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty."
- Michael Dresser

"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue,
but the parent of all the other virtues."
- Cicero

"Gratitude is the heart's memory."
- A French Proverb

Quotes on Faith...

Quotes on Faith

"Every tomorrow has two handles.
We can take hold of it by the handle of
anxiety, or by the handle of faith."
- author unknown

"Be like the bird that, passing on her flight
awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her,
and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings."
- Victor Hugo

"Faith makes things possible, not easy."
- author unknown

"As your faith is strengthened you will find
that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control,
that things will flow as they will, and that you will
flow with them, to your great delight and benefit."
- Emmanuel

"Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death."
- author unknown